Worst years for a Ford Five Hundred
Owners have filed 1,527 complaints about the Ford Five Hundred with NHTSA across model years 2004 to 2007. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.
Avoid
2005 Ford Five Hundred716 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Cleanest on record
2007 Ford Five Hundred287 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Ford Five Hundred year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Ford Five Hundred
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2005
Worst in 2005
Worst in 2005
Exactly what failed on a Ford Five Hundred
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Ford Five Hundred, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Ford Five Hundred problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Ford Five Hundred
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.